[CCWG-ACCT] [Acct-Legal] certification of legal issues requested

[Jordan Carter]

So do I.

Best
Jordan

On Tuesday, 6 October 2015, Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I support certifying these matters to our counsel for advice.
>
> Greg
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> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:36 AM, Gregory, Holly <holly.gregory at sidley.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','holly.gregory at sidley.com');>> wrote:
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>> *To:* mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mathieu.weill at afnic.fr');>;
>> thomas at rickert.net <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','thomas at rickert.net');>;
>> leonfelipe at sanchez.mx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','leonfelipe at sanchez.mx');>;
>> ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org
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>> *Cc:* Rosemary E. Fei (rfei at adlercolvin.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rfei at adlercolvin.com');>); Sidley ICANN
>> CCWG; ICANN at adlercolvin.com
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>> *Subject:* RE: certification of legal issues requested
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>> Dear Co-Chairs,
>> Consider whether to certify to us the question of whether under ICANN's
>> current structure
>> SOs and ACs have legal rights to select directors in line with designator
>> rights under the California statute. Holly and Rosemary.
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>> *From:* Gregory, Holly
>> *Sent:* Monday, October 05, 2015 09:38:10 PM
>> *To:* mathieu.weill at afnic.fr
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mathieu.weill at afnic.fr');>;
>> thomas at rickert.net <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','thomas at rickert.net');>;
>> leonfelipe at sanchez.mx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','leonfelipe at sanchez.mx');>;
>> ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ccwg-accountability5 at icann.org');>
>> *Cc:* Rosemary E. Fei (rfei at adlercolvin.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rfei at adlercolvin.com');>); Sidley ICANN
>> CCWG; ICANN at adlercolvin.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ICANN at adlercolvin.com');>
>> *Subject:* certification of legal issues requested
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>> Dear Co-Chairs
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>> Based on much discussion and a fair degree of confusion evident in the
>> email exchange, we request that you consider certifying the following
>> question to us
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>> ·         What are a director’s fiduciary duties to a California
>> nonprofit public benefit corporation?  What is the relationship between
>> these duties and the mission of the corporation?
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>> In addition,  we note that Sam Eisner recently provided a note on the
>> email regarding the availability of default judgments should the Board
>> refuse to participate in an IRP.  We have a different view and would like
>> you to certify that question to us.
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>> We note as a general matter that we are not able to provide answers to
>> legal questions unless certified but ICANN Legal of course has no such
>> limits. It does put us in a difficult position when we don’t agree, since
>> some may take our silence as an indication of agreement.
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>> Kind regards,
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>>  Holly and Rosemary
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>> *HOLLY* *J. GREGORY*
>> Partner and Co-Chair
>> Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Practice Group
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Jordan Carter
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